| Popis: |
The platinum—pyrimidine blues, derived from cisplatin, are an interesting class of complexes with antitumour activity. They were first discovered as a result of studies on the interaction of cis-[PtCl2(NH3)2] and its aquated products with pyrimidines. The identification of DNA as the target for platinum attack naturally led to a systematic study of the reactions of the complex with nucleic acid constituents. The observation that with polyuridine no immediate reaction took place but that a blue color slowly developed in solution, from which a blue solid could be isolated, led to the preparation of a series of complexes containing substituted uracils and thymines. |
